Do you hate Succession? I understand

people who love Succession adore Succession. They dissect the episodes with a scalpel (is the line on or under Kendall’s first name?), read all the analyzes related to this ultra-rich show (yes to discreet luxury!) and talk about it as if it were the best TV series in the world. world (it is!).

The fans of Succession, who will long praise Sunday night’s epic finale, which lasted 90 beautiful minutes of acidic bliss on Crave, form an intense and airtight clique. And this devotion quickly becomes annoying, even cheeky, for those who have never embarked on this work of HBO as cruel and brilliant as it is grating and ruthless.

Even if I don’t buy into their hatred, I understand the telephiles who hate the Roy family, whose three toxic children Kendall, Shiv and Roman have been tearing each other apart for four seasons to inherit control of the media empire from their father Logan. , a finished brute who will have manipulated them into his coffin, the cursed old man.

Succession slowly tamed, even if it means giving it a second chance at viewing, as we do for credit.

The characters, almost all unsympathetic and misfits, hesitate, stutter and cut each other off, which infuses an eerie and unusual rhythm into the episodes.

And no question of peeling Instagram for an hour of Succession. Focus! All the micro details matter. Insults come out of Roman or Shiv’s mouth like poems. And the quality of the game and the texts reaches heights, it’s great art.

This fourth and final season of Succession contained epic scenes, including the one on the balcony between Shiv and her husband, Tom, who settled their accounts in a wild and relentless way. The poignant episode of the funeral revealed the flaws and the vulnerability of the youngest Roman, who collapsed in front of the future president of the United States and all the gratin of Wall Street.

Then, this finale, which brought together the fetish utensils of Succession, or knives in the back and a huge industrial guillotine. The whistle blower here plays over the speakers like an awkward rap from Kendall Roy at a gala honoring his father. How are you ?

Succession ended at the Succession : in deception, scheming and betrayal. None of Logan Roy’s four children got the precious toys. It was the malleable son-in-law Tom Wambsgans, alias the human rug, who won the jackpot, in partnership with the eccentric boss of the Swedish firm GoJo, Lukas Matsson.

The awkward moment when Shiv placed his hand in her husband’s, Tom, without ever shaking it, perfectly encapsulated the cynical spirit of Succession. In the office as at home, we make compromises that disgust us, we hold our noses, we forget our principles and we move on.

Armed with the decisive vote, Shiv had to choose between his pathetic big brother and his husband Judas. She opted for the least bad scenario, for her, and gave up her dream of being a CEO.

But what stood out more from this tenth and final episode was how broken Shiv, Kendall and Roman were by their parents. Their mother, Caroline, completely abandoned them. Their father neglected them, deprived them of affection and turned them against each other.

That was it, Succession. Deficient children in perpetual quest for recognition and love, but doomed to disappointment (it was really good).

The shoal of fish, the sequel

The fitters of Survivor Quebec redoubled their efforts on Sunday to weave a story full of suspense and tension. Oh, Jean-Junior is preparing to oust his ally Karine! Hiii, Kimberly is plotting to kick Guru JJ out of the tribe! Wow, maybe the guillotine will fall on civil servant Justine’s head! The majority alliance is cracking!

All those false leads – or those exasperated viewer hopes? — resulted in one of the most predictable and lengthy tribe councils of the season.

A lot of bla-bla for absolutely nothing. Fortunately, the facial expressions of the first two members of the jury, Sango and Joël, were entertaining.

But unsurprisingly, the votes were split between Maryse and Sandrine, the two pawns of the dominant group, and it was Maryse who was catapulted to Redemption Island, the most boring place in the Philippines. Honestly, the segments of the two happy castaways (Sylvain and Nicolas) praying to the laying hen add little to the story.

Back in Pag-Asa, where Chris Tie Dye’s sweater continues its descent into a solid brownish color, guru JJ’s influence is not shrinking, on the contrary. The four members of his sect follow him blindly, hypnotized, paralyzed and unable to forge an exit plan. It is hopeless.

This game strategy is similar, in the language of Survivor, to that of “Pagonging”. She was deployed in the first season of Survivor on CBS where the Tagi tribe, after the merger, eliminated the members of the rival Pagong tribe one by one, stifling any possibility of a reversal. This is, apart from a few details, what happens Survivor Quebec since a few weeks.

At the same time, JJ wins important immunity tests and he has an unfailing ally (Christophe), we can’t blame him for doing well in the game. On the other hand, we can sigh in front of the inaction and the naivety of Justine, Karine and Kimberly, the next – after Sandrine – to be thrown out if they don’t pull out a handmade necklace from a piece of jute. As Shania Twain said in 1997: “Let’s go, girls! »